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2005 SESSION
HB 719 Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act.
Introduced by: Stephen C. Shannon | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act. Requires the Attorney General, if requested by the locality, to defend the locality in a private legal action resulting from the locality's adoption or implementation of the criteria developed by the Chesapeake Bay Local Assistance Board to regulate the use and development of land and to protect water quality. The criteria are to be used by local governments (i) to determine the ecological and geographic extent of Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas and (ii) in granting, denying, or modifying requests to rezone, subdivide, or to use and develop land in these areas.
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HISTORY
- 01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/13/04 043857502
- 01/14/04 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/28/04 House: Continued to 2005 in A., C. & N. R. (22-Y 0-N)
- 12/10/04 House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources